And the Sun Pursued the Moon : : Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional Authority among the Makassar /

And the Sun Pursued the Moon : : Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional Authority among the Makassar / / Thomas Gibson.

Over the course of a thousand years, from 600 to 1600 CE, the Java Sea was dominated by a ring of maritime kingdoms whose rulers engaged in long-distance raiding, trading, and marriage alliances with one another. And the Sun Pursued the Moon explores the economic, political, and symbolic processes b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Gibson, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (278 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction to South Sulawesi
  • 2. Toward an Anthropology of Symbolic Knowledge
  • 3. Androgynous Origins: Traces of Srivijaya in the Java Sea
  • 4. Incestuous Twins and Magical Boats: Traces of Kediri in the Gulf of Bone
  • 5. Noble Transgression and Shipwreck: Traces of Luwu' in Bira
  • 6. The Sea Prince and the Bamboo Maiden: Traces of Majapahit in South Sulawesi
  • 7. The Sea King and the Emperor: The Gunpowder State of Gowa-Tallo'
  • 8. The Power of the Regalia: Royal Rebellion against the Dutch East India Company
  • 9. The Return of the Kings: The Royal Ancestors under Colonial Rule
  • 10. Knowledge, Power, and Traditional Authority
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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